The international conference "Stand Speak Rise Up!" is scheduled for 26-27 March 2019 at the European Convention Centre in Luxembourg.
Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg recently presented her initiative "Stand Speak Rise Up!" to end sexual violence in fragile environments, launched in partnership with the Dr. Denis Mukwege Foundation and the NGO We are not Weapons Of War.
The conference will bring together survivors of sexual violence and key actors of the international community, as well as senior leaders of national and international organisations.
Three Nobel Peace Prize winners Dr. Denis Mukwege, Nadia Murad and Professor Muhammad Yunus have joined the initiative and will be keynote speakers during the conference. High-speakers such as Pramilla Patten, UN Special Envoy Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, Special Representative of the British Prime Minister on Sexual Violence, Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross and Jean-Christophe Rufin, novelist and member of the Académire française will add to the debates.
This initiative highlights the issue of rape as a weapon of war in conflict zones. The Grand Duchess has thus decided to put survivors of sexual violence in these fragile environments at the heart of the conference. More than forty survivors will travel to Luxembourg on this occasion.
The conference is supported by the Luxembourg Government and is organised with the participation of the Women's Forum for the Economy & Society.
